踏空

Chinese

		step on	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (踏空)		踏	空
simp. #(踏空)		踏	空

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap⁶ hung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàkong
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: tà-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tahkong
    • Palladius: такун (takun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap⁶ hung¹
    • Yale: daahp hūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁹ hung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab⁶ hung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

踏空

1. to miss one's step; to make a misstep
2. (Mainland China, finance) to fail to buy in stock when the price of a financial instrument rises (after selling off due to misjudging the market trend)

Synonyms

• (to miss one's step): 踩空 (cǎikōng), 失足 (shīzú); (Hokkien) 脫跤／脱跤, 著脫／着脱, 踏差; (Wu) 脫腳／脱脚